Inspired By... OPI Fairytale Bubbles KOTD

  Today I have for you a Konad design inspired by Brooke, over at Babbling Brooke.  Hers is the very first polish blog I really got into reading, and what inspired me to start up my own blog!  I remembered one of her designs that I really loved, which you can see here, and was inspired to recreate this design on my own nails!

Outdoors, full sun, no flash

  For these nails, I used three coats of OPI Diva of Geneva for the base, which is a gorgeous color by itself as well (I have included a few pictures later in the post).  On top of that, I added Konad with plate m65 using OPI The Color To Watch.  This is a gorgeous color combo, and super sparkly in the sun!  I am loving it!

Outdoors, shade, no flash

  In her post, Brooke mentioned that the design reminded her of the bubbles in Disney's Cinderella, and I agree that they are very whimsical and fairytale-like!  I am really having fun with this one - definitely staring at my nails a lot lately!

  Above you can see Diva of Geneva by itself.  It is a really pretty color by itself, and almost looks like velvet on the nails.  I am glad that I picked this one up!

Purple Mist and Swirls- Older Konadicures

I realized today that I never got around to showing you my nails, or my sister's toenails, from when I was down visiting last week!  So tonight I will share these with you.

Outdoors, partial sun, no flash

This is three coats of OPI The Color to Watch, a gorgeous shimmery lilac purple.  I really love this color a lot; it is very pretty on the nail.  The application and dry time was very nice as well.  Over this, I used Konad plate m64 with Nicole by OPI Positive Energy, which I have found to be a great stamping silver.  I was still experimenting with Konad here, and on this mani was trying to find the perfect scraping strength to apply to get the best results.  Therefore, the Konad is a little messy here since it was all experimental.  But still I found that this looked very pretty, and was a delicate wispy pattern and color combo.  I enjoyed it a lot!

I also did my sister's toes while I was visiting.  Toes are harder with Konad, since there is no way that the pattern is going to fit on a big toe (at least not any of the people I have tried so far!) so you have to put the pattern on multiple times.  I think for the most part this worked out for me, although there is a tiny bit of a gap.

Indoors, artificial light, no flash

Outdoors, partial sun, no flash

For her toes, I used three coats of Orly Out Of This World (two probably would have sufficed), which is a gorgeous dark purple with duochrome effect.  The duochrome in this polish is less than with Space Cadet, but it is still very gorgeous.  It is harder to get pictures of, especially on toes, and with the Konad pattern - I will be using it on my nails soon, I am sure!  I used Konad plate m65 with Konad Special White for the pattern, which I mostly got lined up on that big toe!  This was done very late at night when I was very tired as well, so it is a tad more messy than usual, but oh well!  Overall some very cute toes.  I am sure she is probably still wearing these.  :)

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